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May 2006
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31.05.2006
Net private capital flows to developing countries reached a record high of $491 billion in 2005, driven by privatizations, mergers and acquisitions, external debt refinancing, as well as strong investor interest in local-currency bond markets in Asia and Latin America, says the World Banks annual 2006 Global Development Finance report.
more...From: World Bank Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Business] [Corporations] [Credit and investment] |
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29.05.2006
Reacting to reported plans by the Government of Pakistan to demolish thousands of dwellings and evict their inhabitants as part of a massive construction project, a United Nations human rights expert today called for a halt to operations as well as stepped-up efforts to avert homelessness as a result of the initiative.
more...Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Cities] [Land] [Poverty] [Shelter & housing] [United Nations] |
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26.05.2006
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22.05.2006
Grupi i punės mbi kapitullin 27: Mjedisi, i cili ėshtė pjesė e ekipit negociator tė Kroacisė pėr hyrjen nė BE ėshtė nė fund tė kompletimit tė shqyrtimit bilateral. Proēesi do tė zhvillohet nė Bruksel dhe fillon me 15 Maj 2006. Tematika e kėtij sesioni ėshtė e lidhur me atė se sa i ėshtė afruar legjislacioni kroat direktivave ambientaliste tė BE-sė.
more...Related topics/regions: [Croatia] [Environment] [Geopolitics] |
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22.05.2006
L'associazione Libera annuncia che promuoverą una serie di inziative perchč l'Ue introduca un provvedimento di confisca dei beni alla criminalitą organizzata con le stessa validitą del mandato di arresto europeo. "Le sfide del futuro si delineano sul fronte europeo contro tutte le mafie, perchč č chiaro che i denari di provenienza illecita della mafia russa, delle mafie dell'ex Jugoslavia e della mafia siciliana si trovano anche al di fuori dei confini dei rispettivi Paesi" - ha affermato don Ciotti in un convegno a Palermo dove ha presentato i nuovi canali di commercializzazione dei prodotti agroalimentari provenienti da terre sottratte ai boss mafiosi e gestite da cooperative giovanili in Sicilia. In dieci anni sono stati confiscati dallo Stato 6.500 beni, oltre 2.500 sono stati destinati ad attivitą sociali e di volontariato.
more...From: Libera Related topics/regions: [Activism] [Law] Image: I prodotti dei terreni confiscati alla mafie - da Libera
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19.05.2006
The working group on Chapter 27: Environment, which is part of the Croatian negotiation team for accession to the EU is close to completing the bilateral indepth screening. The process, taking place in Brussels, started on May 15, 2006. The topic of this session related to approximation and transfer of EU environmental directives into Croatian national legislation. Ljiljanka Mitos Svoboda, President of Osijecki Zeleni reports from Brussels.
more...From: Osjecki zeleni Related topics/regions: [Environment] [Geopolitics] |
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12.05.2006
From May 10 to May 13, 2006, the representatives of civil organizations from the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) hold the altenative gathering Linking alternatives 2 in Vienna, to oppose and criticize the EU-LAC back door neo-liberalism.
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11.05.2006
Las discusiones se alargaron mįs de tres horas. Sentados frente a frente el jueves pasado, Luķz Inįcio Lula Da Silva, Néstor Kirchner, Hugo Chįvez y Evo Morales, los presidentes de Brasil, Argentina, Venezuela y Bolivia, se enfrentaban a las nuevas disyuntivas de la actual encrucijada polķtica latinoamericana.
more...From: Semanario Universidad Related topics/regions: [Bolivia] [Geopolitics] Image: EFE
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11.05.2006
æestį Washington perdiendo influencia entre los paķses y lķderes latinoamericanos? æTienen real conciencia en la Casa Blanca de hacia dónde se dirigen toda esta serie de cambios, no todos conexos entre sķ? æEstį América Latina mįs unida o mįs fracturada que antes?
more...From: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información Related topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [Geopolitics] |
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